The fast-paced dental trade is at all times looking out for a brand new materials that brings ease of use alongside a rise within the high quality of the ultimate components. For years, dental technicians have been utilizing resin 3D printing expertise to print something from fashions, crowns, bridges, veneers to full restorations. Firms like Saremco, and its new division Saremco Print, are on the forefront of this new wave of product improvements.

Dental 3D printing supplies are breaking gross sales data yearly, with our deep research-driven forecasts displaying that within the subsequent 5 years, the worldwide consumption of dental AM supplies has the potential to triple. No surprise we’re seeing innovation occur faster than ever, and this time it’s coming from the Swiss dental firm.

Enter Saremco

Saremco is an impartial Swiss firm that has been within the enterprise of constructing dental composites for greater than 30 years. The corporate has acknowledged the significance of 3D printing expertise and due to this fact closely devoted its sources in the direction of the event of dental 3D printing merchandise, promoting them beneath the sub-brand known as Saremco Print.

To date we’ve seen Saremco introduce 3D printing resins for crowns and dentures. Crowntec is Saremco’s now very well-known resin for making crowns, inlays, onlays and veneers. Nevertheless, the corporate has expanded the Saremco print product portfolio past simply resins.

Changing IPA for post-processing

The 3D printing course of within the dental trade makes use of superior resin supplies which require post-processing therapy with IPA alcohol to do away with the remaining liquid resin earlier than the components are despatched to curing.

The primary drawback with IPA is that it’s fairly an aggressive liquid to work with. It emits a powerful odor, whereas its fumes are poisonous and flammable. Moreover, analysis confirmed that IPA hurts the bodily properties of components, it weakens the prints and due to this fact reduces the general high quality of the completed product.

That’s a vital subject for purposes reminiscent of printing crowns and bridges, the place materials efficiency issues so much to make sure the standard and longevity of the put in restorations.

Saremco began with the event and manufacturing of 3D printing resins for crowns and dentures, however now they’ve come out with a brand new product, aiming to interchange IPA within the post-processing part of the 3D printing workflow.

The newly-released Saremco Print cleansing focus has been developed to make the post-processing course of simpler for the technicians. In contrast to IPA, the cleansing focus doesn’t emit any odor. Furthermore, there aren’t any poisonous (and flammable) fumes, and it’s cheaper as properly. It’s required to combine the focus with deionized water to acquire the cleansing liquid. Saremco sells the focus in a 3-liter container, which is sufficient to create a complete of 17 liters of cleansing liquid.

The cleansing focus is about to retail at circa 100 EUR + VAT, which is a smart worth when the advantages of IPA are taken under consideration, in addition to the value of IPA itself (10-15 EUR per liter).